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    Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It

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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    06/30/09

    In reply to Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
    Gee, a 3 column layout using various shades of white, blue and light grey. Yes, clearly this is a unique design that only the great minds at Kayak could have ever come up with independently.


    Please.

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    06/30/09

    In reply to Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
    Ad well on the right, mini links on the left, all that shit's standard side-nav. Not to side with the evil MS, but really, how many freakin' ways can you lay out a page full of flight itineraries?
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    06/30/09

    In reply to Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
    Microsoft's entire business model is like one huge "copy/paste" key.
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    Image of Joe Lachiana Joe Lachiana
    06/30/09

    In reply to Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
    "I am surprised that Microsoft's vast team of experts would have to stoop to stealing."


    Wasn't this how microsoft was started?

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    Image of Wrapitup Wrapitup
    06/30/09

    @Joe Lachiana: Good point.
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    06/30/09

    In reply to Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
    I am surprised that Microsoft's vast team of experts would have to stoop to stealing. Don't they have neuroscientists and usability engineers out the wazoo? This begs the question : why did they steal it? Has Kayak's color-font-size configuration been proven to be optimal for consumer time spent on that website?


    Also, will layouts now have to be trademarked especially if they rate high on usability and test well with customers? But the article mentions that features that have proved to be popular with a target audience are designated as functional, and are not protected under copyright law.


    So what does this bode for the future of online design?

    If certain colors and layouts attract larger numbers of consumers, then in future will we see a less diverse online design landscape?

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    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    06/30/09

    In reply to Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
    Unlike the Iranian dictators, who charge you for the bullet they killed you with, Microsoft does not charge you anything for having to find and take your idea, which you neglected to turn over to it.


    Personally, I find the educating "Hello I am Microsoft... and I am Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" campaign quite adorable.

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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    06/30/09

    In reply to Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
    Oh come on. How many 'unique' templates are there right now for web deesign? like 8 different grids maybe?
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    Image of Spaceman Bill Leah Spaceman Bill Leah
    06/30/09

    @Cheap Shot: I am pretty sure that's what the site looked like before Microsoft even bough Farecast.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    06/30/09

    @Spaceman Bill Leah: Well, it looks like Farecast did the copying then. But Microsoft acquired that problem when it acquired Farecast.
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    06/30/09

    In reply to Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
    If I could see the screenshots, I might be able to respond to that query.
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    06/30/09

    @ninety_nine: A much bigger, clearer image is linked to the original GigaOm piece. Here's a link: [gigaom.files.wordpress.com]


    Here, better yet - I'll paste it right here for easy reference:


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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    06/30/09

    @ninety_nine: And I must say, based on the bigger picture, the two designs are stunningly similar. This isn't just a case of using a similar layout pattern. The whole thing really does look copied, right down to the exact font color/size of the big blue price labels, and the link underneath each lable that says "select" ... also look at the list of airlines and prices, with little checkmark logos, running down the left-hand column. I mean, it's identical. Even all the color bluish-gray color shadings are the same.


    I don't know if they have a legal case if they didn't patent the design. But you can't tell me these similarities are a coincidence. That sucker was COPIED.

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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    06/30/09

    @MisterHippity: Ok, the picture I posted here in comments looks BIG on Internet Explorer, but on my Firefox browser it's just shrunk down tiny again.


    So just click this link to see the full-size version if my embedded image doesn't appear full-size: [gigaom.files.wordpress.com]

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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    06/30/09

    In reply to Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
    It’s a Recycle Bing.

     
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